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Oh Snapple! posted:Crossposting 'cause lol It’s amusing how open the grift is and how steadfastly Democrats will pretend it doesn’t exist.
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Nothus posted:Beto isn't on the list either. God loving dammit.
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Obama is bad this shouldn't be a surprise. He's going to be stumping hard for Biden so people better be prepared for that.
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Radish posted:Obama is real bad this shouldn't be a surprise. He's going to be stumping hard for Biden so people better be prepared for that. Oh god there’s going to be one candidate who sucks up all the post citizens united dark money and then scares off the rest of the candidates again isn’t there. It’s going to be Clinton and MoM again in 2020. We’re doomed.
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Definitely can't wait to be told that busing is bad and Biden was right to oppose it.
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There's no way it's Clinton but I could see a push to get behind Biden like that. I'm just hoping that he's as successful with Biden in the primary as he was with Clinton in 2016 general.
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twodot posted:Some of these places already had their primary, is Obama selectively endorsing Democrats for the general election? This is endorsements period. Not "primary endorsements" or "general endorsements", but rather "this is Obama's pick and he wants them to win office this November". As for the logic behind the decision-making, well, I'll give you a hint: most of his House picks are members of the DCCC's Red to Blue program that singles out conservative-leaning Dems for extra support. All of his House picks in IL, NJ, NV, and NY are members of the Red to Blue list, for instance, and in the other states most of his House picks are on the list. For example, all but one of his CA House picks are on the Red to Blue list, and the same is true for his selections in PA, OH, and TX. In other words, out of his total of 22 House endorsements, 17 of them are on the Red to Blue list of nationally-endorsed conservative Dems.
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Oh Snapple! posted:Definitely can't wait to be told that busing is bad and Biden was right to oppose it. Busing is bad because it caused the white flight!!!!!!!!! No, it's not because whites are racist why would you say that!?
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Main Paineframe posted:This is endorsements period. Not "primary endorsements" or "general endorsements", but rather "this is Obama's pick and he wants them to win office this November". Can't wait for the Democratic congress to give Chud McRowaha the 2024 President sweeping powers to round up dissidents in between more tax cuts. Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 20:01 on Aug 1, 2018 |
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Main Paineframe posted:This is endorsements period. Not "primary endorsements" or "general endorsements", but rather "this is Obama's pick and he wants them to win office this November". A lot of the picks read that he wants to have some influence in the party too, which is why he was picking his own cronies over the socialists. Hes going to be a thorn in the left's side for decades to come.
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Feldegast42 posted:A lot of the picks read that he wants to have some influence in the party too, which is why he was picking his own cronies over the socialists. Hes going to be a thorn in the left's side for decades to come. Yeah we are basically trading the Third Way Clintons for Obama who wants to pretend nothing is wrong and being a 90's Republican is the way to go as the country descends into fascism.
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Feldegast42 posted:A lot of the picks read that he wants to have some influence in the party too, which is why he was picking his own cronies over the socialists. Hes going to be a thorn in the left's side for decades to come. our just reward for supporting him
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Nothus posted:Beto isn't on the list either. Didn't he end up being lovely and removing MfA from his website or something? I remember there being some reason to think he was bad (still obviously better than Republican, but not in the same category of the left-leaning Democrats).
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Ytlaya posted:Didn't he end up being lovely and removing MfA from his website or something? I remember there being some reason to think he was bad (still obviously better than Republican, but not in the same category of the left-leaning Democrats). I mean he’s running against Ted Cruz, at that point “being human” is a substantial improvement over “blood drinking insect person from beyond the stars.”
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Obama should have lost 2012. This is what happens when you crack the door open even an inch for the neolibs.
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Ytlaya posted:Didn't he end up being lovely and removing MfA from his website or something? I remember there being some reason to think he was bad (still obviously better than Republican, but not in the same category of the left-leaning Democrats). he's stopped saying mfa and instead says quote:While O’Rourke no longer uses phrases like “single-payer” or “Medicare for all,” the crowd cheered when he talked about the need for “universal, guaranteed, high-quality health care for all.” or this https://twitter.com/betoorourke/status/967071868590198784
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Nothus posted:Beto isn't on the list either. Theoretically possible Beto didn't want the endorsement given that he's in a deep red state. The lack of a Ben Jealous endorsement seems to be the real "gently caress you, obama" absence here.
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Obama could campaign for the rotting corpse of P W Botha and receive endless praise by millions of easy marks for working with such a dedicated reformist.
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Office Pig posted:Obama could campaign for the rotting corpse of P W Botha and receive endless praise by millions of easy marks for working with such a dedicated reformist.
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Office Pig posted:Obama could campaign for the rotting corpse of P W Botha and receive endless praise by millions of easy marks for working with such a dedicated reformist. Who is Botha? Is he related to Brady C. Olson?
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Beto just hired a consultant who lost 6 races, 2 of which were "gimmes" according to my source. Source also says Beto listens to a lot of the DCCC types when it comes to messaging and campaigning. Source also says he's got zero chance of winning since his only path to victory is activating a bunch of young and first-time voters and DCCC tripe is guaranteed to do exactly the opposite.
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Ague Proof posted:Who is Botha? Is he related to Brady C. Olson? Running mate. The two are in for a long and hard campaign and it might get hairy in a couple places, but we can be confident he'll thrust his way into the oval office with a spray of ejaculate.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:Beto just hired a consultant who lost 6 races, 2 of which were "gimmes" according to my source. sounds like he didn't hire your source (saying a consultant "lost" 6 races is absolutely meaningless without knowing the races or what kind of consultant) Trabisnikof fucked around with this message at 22:44 on Aug 1, 2018 |
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Trabisnikof posted:sounds like he didn't hire your source My source doesn't do that kind of work anymore. You go on thinking it's sour grapes, though. I'll see you on the other side, after Beto loses to a greasy serial killer.
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Sounds like Beto looked at Doug Jones and was like “mm gimme some of that.”
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:My source doesn't do that kind of work anymore. At this point I suspect Beto has probably moved the needle as much as it can be moved by his own efforts anyway. At this point he wins or loses based on whether it's a Dem wave or not nationally.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:My source doesn't do that kind of work anymore. Yeah the odds this year are about as good as they could be for a Dem in Texas and he's still quite unlikely to win.
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Megaman's Jockstrap posted:My source doesn't do that kind of work anymore. And wether Beto wins or loses, it will have very little to do with hiring some specific consultant or not. I don't think he's going to win, but I also think his campaign thus far is different than your typical Democratic senator campaign in Texas. The visiting all 254 counties gimmick has bought a lot of earned media and he's to the left of pretty much all the recent Democratic nominees for senator in Texas.
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Lycus posted:I don't know, but I'm not gonna overreact to a governor candidate not being on there. It's pretty lol of him to endorse pritzker for gov of IL, given that jb's the only dem running.
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Willa Rogers posted:It's pretty lol of him to endorse pritzker for gov of IL, given that jb's the only dem running. I'm sure he kicked in to the library foundation.
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https://twitter.com/ryangrim/status/1024831560229507073 schumer is a goddamn waste
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At this point I'm not sure there's a point to taking back the Senate since Schumer seems bent on helping Trump as much as he can in the spirit of decorum. Is a Democratic Senate going to be that much different if McConnel is still there to cry and say things are unfair until the Democrats give him what he wants? The conspiracy theorist in me thinks maybe Schumer doesn't mind conservative judges that will block any good legislation that might eventually occur giving him cover when better health care or social justice gets blocked by our dictatorial courts. Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 11:44 on Aug 2, 2018 |
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Speaking of judges, is anyone following the Manafort trial? Looks like the fucker is gonna get off Scot free
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Kraftwerk posted:Speaking of judges, is anyone following the Manafort trial? Looks like the fucker is gonna get off Scot free I'm as  as anyone else in this thread, but that is absolutely not the opinion of knowledgeable observers. The judge admonished the prosecution a few times, but the judge is known for being harsh. The case against Manafort is pretty solid, plus there's another trial in (I think) September. Personally, I think the concerning thing is Manafort didn't flip. I have no idea of it's still possible for him to flip during this current trial, which is only gonna last through next week. Although I completely believe Congress will never impeach Trump, even with the biggest blue wave, I'd still rather see more irrefutable evidence against Trump in Muller's final report than Manafort in prison.
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Euphoriaphone posted:
Theoretically possible but extraordinarily improbable. Prosecutors generally take the position that once you've gone to trial, you rolled the dice, you took your chances, and your job is now to be an example to everyone else of why they should take deals rather than go to trial. My guess is that Manafort is more scared of a polonium milkshake than he is of anything Mueller could threaten him with.
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Kraftwerk posted:Speaking of judges, is anyone following the Manafort trial? Looks like the fucker is gonna get off Scot free Not at all. I just can't be bothered with Russiagate anymore. It's all meaningless incomprehensible sportsball for DC lanyards to me at this point. I really don't care if we prove that these lazy, stupid, greedy assholes were in fact, too stupid or lazy to do corruption legally and were bought by the wrong rich people. Why should I give a poo poo? The people that are telling me that it's all very important that I care about these pricks not filling out their bribe forms correctly only answer to my and the rest of my country's real problems is means tested tax credits for entrepreneurs. https://twitter.com/davidsirota/status/1019243052261666816 Russiagate is such a huge problem that concern over it can only be measured at the sub atomic level. Iron Twinkie fucked around with this message at 16:05 on Aug 2, 2018 |
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It was last year when Nina Turner said that the average person doesn’t care about Russian interference. That might’ve changed but it aligned with what I experience anecdotally. The whole investigation isn’t at the forefront of my mind and I haven’t really heard others talking about it except extremely online people. People have more immediate concerns. Which brings me to the annoyance I have with liberals today. They’re too focused on being armchair political consultants and get way too far into policy. They don’t want to sell ideas that resonate with the electorate and too dependent on the blue wave. They say that once Dems get back into power, then we can fix things, but they’re not offering a plan to the electorate on how they would do that besides not being Trump.
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Sarah Jeong, noted good writer at the Verge, got hired for the NYT's editorial board yesterday. /pol/ and the chuds have taken offense at an Asian immigrant woman getting a job like this, so they're trying to pull a James Gunn on her by spamming everyone at the NYT with screenshots of old tweets where she jokes about white people, including a great series on how white people don't have any sports that aren't cultural appropriation aside from basically skiing and golf. It's been picked up by the usual right-wing shitholes-- Daily Caller, RedState, Federalist, etc. She issued a statement expressing "regret that I mimicked the language of my harassers." https://twitter.com/sarahjeong/status/1025050118989332480
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